Plaisance leads LSU past Vanderbilt

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Jan 21, 2013 at 10:00 AMJan 21, 2013 at 10:25 AM

BATON ROUGE — Junior forward Theresa Plaisance scored a game-high 26 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with a minute to play, as the LSU women's basketball team extended its home court winning streak to eight straight with a 54-51 come-from-behind win over Vanderbilt on Sunday in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

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BATON ROUGE — Junior forward Theresa Plaisance scored a game-high 26 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with a minute to play, as the LSU women's basketball team extended its home court winning streak to eight straight with a 54-51 come-from-behind win over Vanderbilt on Sunday in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The Lady Tigers (12-7) improved back to .500 in Southeastern Conference play with a 3-3 mark and moved to 10-1 at home on the year. Vanderbilt (13-5, 3-2) dropped its fifth consecutive game to LSU in Baton Rouge.After being held to five points in the first half, Plaisance, a former Vandebilt Catholic standout, erupted for 21 points in the final stanza, including eight straight points during a 13-0 run. She provided the game's biggest shot burying a 3-pointer from the right corner as LSU turned a one-point deficit into a 52-50 lead with 1:09 to play. She added seven rebounds and two blocks, while setting a career high with 11 made field goals. "Theresa Plaisance slowed down," said LSU head coach Nikki Caldwell. "She was not rushing. She was taking her time and really trying to score the basketball. We also had her taking shots on the perimeter. They started feeling good about themselves because they started getting the defensive stops that we needed. That allowed us to get our transition game going. In doing so, that took a lot of stress off of our half-court offense."